Re: [5.8.1] getppid is not maintained if not forked by perl

[Geoffrey Young]

taken off p5p so I don't look so stupid...


I have a workaround for mp2:

#if PERL_REVISION == 5 && PERL_VERSION == 8 && PERL_SUBVERSION == 1
    {
#ifdef THREADS_HAVE_PIDS
#ifdef USE_ITHREADS
        MP_dSCFG(s);
        dTHXa(scfg->mip->parent->perl);
        PL_ppid = (IV)getppid();
#endif
#endif
    }
#endif
which can be run at the child_init phase, immediately after a new 
process is forked. 
can you explain why this is important?  I mean, why does mod_perl need to 
know the pid of the parent apache process? or, better, why is it important 
that mod_perl take the initiative and fix this.  is a workaround patch in 
mod_perl core really required? what breaks if we don't fix it?

--Geoff

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